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Forbes 500, the Glossary

The Forbes 500 was an annual listing of the top 500 American companies produced by Forbes magazine.^[1]

Amazon (company)

Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Asset

In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity.

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Cisco

Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Dot-com bubble

The dot-com bubble (or dot-com boom) was a stock market bubble that ballooned during the late-1990s and peaked on Friday, March 10, 2000.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Forbes Global 2000

The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world, published by: sales, profit, assets and market value. Forbes 500 and Forbes Global 2000 are annual magazine issues, Forbes lists and lists of companies by revenue.

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Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. Forbes 500 and Fortune 500 are annual magazine issues and lists of companies by revenue.

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List of largest companies by revenue

This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the ''Fortune'' Global 500 2023 rankings and other sources. Forbes 500 and list of largest companies by revenue are lists of companies by revenue.

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List of largest employers

Below is the list of largest employers including government owned companies and institutions in 2022.

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List of public corporations by market capitalization

The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization, sometimes described as their "market value": Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price on a selected day and the number of outstanding shares on that day.

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Market capitalization

Market capitalization, sometimes referred to as market cap, is the total value of a publicly traded company's outstanding common shares owned by stockholders.

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Profit margin

Profit margin is a financial ratio that measures the percentage of profit earned by a company in relation to its revenue.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Walmart

Walmart Inc. (formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_500

Also known as List of Forbes 500.